blamed

Example Sentences

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The company blamed the increase on erratic weather that created more dried vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

If this sounds like wishful thinking, you can hardly be blamed.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

The country’s intelligence agency blamed anti-China influences from abroad for stoking youth disillusionment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The National Election Commission apologised after 14 polling stations in Seoul ran out of ballot papers in an unprecedented mishap blamed on a failure to anticipate turnout.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

And when Jackie’s sixteen-game hitting streak ended, Shirley blamed herself.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord